Bill that could expand pool of organ donors receives all-party support, but risks failing to pass before election

By Jolson LimNov. 14, 2018

The bill is sponsored by Conservative MP Len Webber, who has championed the cause of organ donation and transplantation in his time in national and provincial legislatures.

Conservative MP Len Webber, second from right, is pictured at a House Health Committee prior to a meeting in October 2016. He is the sponsor of a private member's bill that would offer Canadians the option to register as an organ donor on their annual tax return forms. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

A Conservative private member’s bill that would offer Canadians another way to sign up to become organ donors has received the support of all federal parties, although its sponsor is worried that it may not become law before Parliament is dissolved ahead of next year’s federal election.

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